The influence of sex, gender, self-discrepancies, and self-awareness on anger and verbal aggressiveness among U.S. college students.
J Soc Psychol
; 141(2): 245-75, 2001 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-11372569
ABSTRACT
Among a sample of 445 U.S. college students, the authors examined the extent to which individual differences (e.g., sex, gender, self-discrepancies, self-awareness) explained anger tendencies and verbal aggressiveness. Regression analyses showed that (a) the tendency to repress anger (anger-in) was explained by masculinity, desire to be masculine, and public self-awareness, R2 = .19, F(11, 433) = 8.44, p < .001; (b) the tendency to express anger (anger-out) was explained by sex, masculinity, and public self-awareness, R2 = .17, F(11, 433) = 7.38, p < .001; and (c) willingness to be verbally aggressive was explained by sex, femininity, and private self-awareness, R2 = .32, F(11, 433) = 16.94, p < .001. In addition, different types of individual difference variables accounted for anger tendencies and verbal aggressiveness across sex and gender categories, suggesting that anger and verbal aggressiveness may be driven by different psychological processes across types of participants.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Autoimagen
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Estudiantes
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Concienciación
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Conducta Verbal
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Agresión
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Ira
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Soc Psychol
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos